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How final six draft picks fit on Arizona Cardinals roster

GM Steve Keim and Coach Bruce Arians met with reporters after the Cardinals concluded the draft. Here some comments they made about each of the six players taken on Saturday.

DE/OLB Alex Okafor (4th round)

Keim — “He is a talented edge rusher. Okafor, as some would probably see, has similarities to Sam Acho coming out. (Both played at Texas). A little different style player. Okafor is a little bigger. He’s almost 6-5, 260 pounds. He’s long. He does have a natural knack for rushing the passer.”

G Earl Watford (4th round)

Keim — “He is a tremendous athlete. He is a small school guy who has played against some of the top competition. His junior year versus North Carolina, his senior year versus Virginia Tech, and he played extremely well. He is a guy that reminds me a little bit of Reggie Wells, except at the same stage, I think this guy has a little more natural power and explosiveness through his hips.”

RB Stepfan Taylor (5th round)

Keim — “Extremely productive running back. Three consecutive years with over 1,000 rushing yards. Not a burner with tremendous top-end speed but a guy that runs with balance, strength and fits Bruce’s offense very well with his ability to protect in pass protection situations.”

WR Ryan Swope (6th round)

Keim — “A guy that B.A. and I have had our eyes on for quite some time. We were extremely excited that he started to slide. He is a guy that not only can stretch the field vertically but has some underneath quickness. He kind of reminds me of Brandon Stokely a little bit.”

RB Andre Ellington (6th round)

Keim — “Obviously after taking Stepfan Taylor, we did not anticipate taking a back, but sticking to our board and staying true to it, we wanted to take the best player available. The fact that most likely we are going to keep four backs on our roster, we feel that Andre is a guy that can bring a diffferent style to the table. His run style, his elusivness, his play speed and athleticism, is different from the other top three backs on our roster.”

Arians — “You can’t have enough (backs) in these days and times. Running backs, their shelf life is as short as it is.”

Tight end D.C. Jefferson (7th round)

Keim — “This is a guy who has a lot of untapped potential. He has really not started to scratch the surface yet but he has tremendous size, strength and athleticism. He has a great catching radius, great range and we really think he can play on the line of scrimmage and help us creat a little bit of a running game with his size and strength at the point of attack.”

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